Reviews

Anda

Melingo

Talent is sometimes about spotting an opening. After serving as saxophonist for Argentinian 70s legend Charly García and 80s new...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Tractor Beam

Richie & Rosie

The debut album featuring fiddler Rosie Newton and banjoist Richie Stearns was originally issued in the US in 2013, but...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Tanbou TouJou Lou

VARIOUS ARTISTS

What a superb compilation this is. Record detective Vik Sohonie has worked as a veteran researcher, writer and editor at...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Magic Fire

The Stray Birds

Unlike previous Stray Birds recordings, Magic Fire is mostly devoid of anything especially magical or combustible. Produced – or, more...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Echo en México

Money Chicha

In 1970s Peru, the cumbia beat from Colombia was given a psychedelic makeover thanks to raw electric guitars and Farfisa...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Argentum

Carlos Franzetti

Many books and articles have been written about the tortuous relationship between Buenos Aires and its rural hinterland. US-based but...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Give & Receive

The Danberrys

The husband-and-wife Americana duo of Dorothy Daniel and Ben DeBerry, both of whom sing and play acoustic guitar, are assured...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Outubro

Azymuth

Outubro means ‘Autumn,’ and to commemorate the welcome news that Azymuth are back in the recording studios in the autumn...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Wondrous Traveler

The Small Glories

In more than one aspect, this is a unique recording of a new group uniting two stars based in and...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Discover Music From Brazil

VARIOUS ARTISTS

There's plenty of music on this 18-track compilation, but surely only the entirely uninitiated could regard much of it as...

Reviewed in issue October/2016